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A pre round section of sea kill

Stig, You said that some woods don’t like being turned That wood of mine I think is Burch but not sure wondering if I re cut a blank so that I could work it cross grain and not end grain…. Any thoughts

Diabetic I had tried two other eating places and could not get a table so thought it would do as a stop gap

I went in to an essay garage with a Burger King attached normally I would not thank you for a burger but mum and I were hungry the woman served two others after our order, I get a parking fine for being 1 min over the allowed time... prob took that long to get in the car. So on top of the cost...

Sea kill saga These are two of the blanks the 3rd I have tried to turn as Stig said I get a lot of fine dust that is hot and the tools blunt quickly On a plus side my Christmas collection is growing various trees and just last week added a snow man family Mr, mrs and child

How not to start a day Decided to start to turn the wood recovered from the sea 1. Two attempts to fit a face plate, had to drill pilot holes 2 did not notice that the last 10 mm of the bit had broken off in the wood, it came back to bite me and my tools 3 the wood is so hard, harder than the...

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Welcome here, I won’t say I am old. More spelted

Frustrated just tried to turn some spelled wood... rotted all the way to centre Hands now too painful to do any more for a few day at least

Don’t know what I did here but can’t seem to clear it

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Owww. Don’t upset MRS Says he who used to strip m bike and car parts with dad in mums kitchen .... boil in the bag carburettors for lunch anyone

I found no problem with colour tint

I found this site never used it so can’t say how good /bad https://www.finewoodworking.com/project-guides/finishing/mixing-shellac

Allow at least 24 hours for the mix to complete I did a 50 50% mix and after 12 hours it looked like my custard... lumpy So I mixed it with a wood fork and left it After 24 hours it was fully mixed...eg a liquid not lumps and flakes Mine was a bit thick but like you it was my first attempt and...

Pm sent payment and my details Thanks

Hiya welcome from another Hampshire lad, I am in the titchfield area

Hiya welcome Burning wood, yea I burn the off cuts. Still trying to find a way of making the saw dust into logs to burn

Hiya welcome, No failed attempts under my work bench........they all go into the wood burner lol